For what reason?
Could of course be AI bollocks but never seen it mentioned a country can’t rest players. Would be pretty ridiculous to force us to use certain players tbh
1. International FIFA World Cup RegulationsNational team managers have complete freedom to rotate their squads during the group stages or knockout rounds.
Squad Eligibility: Any player selected from the officially submitted 26-man tournament squad is legally eligible to play.
No Integrity Penalties: If a country wins its first two group stage matches and secures qualification to the knockout rounds, the manager is permitted to rest the entire starting eleven for the final group match. FIFA does not dictate tactical choices or selection strength at the international level
Posted By: SCC 28 on June 23rd 2026 at 12:41:37
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- Qn I should know the answer to, but it teams are level on points, is it head-to-head first (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 23, 11:52:08
- yep. and here's how the 3rd places qualify... (Other Football) - dr fanta, Jun 23, 12:35:49
- Yup h2h takes precedence (n/m) (Other Football) - Tony Martin, Jun 23, 11:57:06
- Which is a new thing at the World Cup (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 23, 12:09:46
- right, ta both. So win tonight and we can safely rest everyone for game 3. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 23, 12:08:06
- Well, not everybody, we’d possibly get disqualified for that (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jun 23, 12:34:59
- For what reason? (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 23, 12:41:37
- 💨 (Other Football) - APB, Jun 23, 13:31:01
- He means resting all 26 (25?) players (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 23, 12:55:49
- I did, yes. [Smug emoji] (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jun 23, 13:30:21
- This is a serious subject (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 23, 13:37:31
- I see (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 23, 13:01:21
- I did, yes. [Smug emoji] (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jun 23, 13:30:21
- For what reason? (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 23, 12:41:37
- Well, not everybody, we’d possibly get disqualified for that (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jun 23, 12:34:59
- Yes (n/m) (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 23, 11:53:33
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